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A lesson of self-discovery from watching an anchored boat.
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Peak #144
Peak in subgenre #40
Author
Gordy Scoville/Gordy Scoville and Bill McNeil.
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Gordy Scoville
Uploaded
January 25, 2012
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MP3 5.3 MB, 160 kbps, 4:36
Story behind the song
Expanded on a poem by Bill McNeil, a good friend.
Lyrics
I see her from my window now, a wee white tiny glow She calls out to me in a foreign language I don't know A world I knew so little of now seems so close to me As I for a moment gaze upon her rolling on the sea. In those busy morning hours when my thoughts are hard to find That tiny vessel takes control of the rudder of my mind A voice inside that questions, Where is home forever more Lies anchored on the evening tide tugging at the oars. Chorus: Little boat on the sea floating aimlessly You are just like me longing to be free. I know that soon she will be gone, to where I don't know She calls but I can't answer for I'm stuck upon the shore Then she plants her mast and hoists her sail in the vessel of my mind And we sail into the tempest wind as the shoreline fades behind. We chart our course in spite of storm not knowing what we'll find As we venture ever onward in the voyage of my mind And as we taste of sights and sounds that never have we known I ponder deeper on the greater lesson I've been shown For tho' my body lies in port and I'm watching from afar I have journeyed 'round the world and touched a distant star And I have dared to sail out on the waters which I feared And taken the rudder of my life in hand and I have steered. Life is short, will soon be gone to where I don't know God help me not to live it out here stuck upon the shore Plant your mast, hoist the sail and blow your wind on me And guide my tiny vessel over deep and troubled sea. Now I thank thee little fishing boat out bobbing on the sea Tho' you're just a wee white glow I've taken heart in thee For in your stark simplicity great wisdom can be found A human soul longs to be free and never, no never should be bound.
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